Adobe Certified Professional Dreamweaver flashcards

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Local site folder

The directory on your computer that holds the working copies of all site files; Dreamweaver uses it as the root for the Files and Assets panels.

Remote server definition

The Site Setup entry specifying the host, connection method (FTP, SFTP, FTPS, WebDAV, Local/Network), login, and root directory used for uploading.

Get versus Put

Get transfers files from the remote server down to the local site folder; Put transfers local files up to the remote server.

Check In and Check Out

A site collaboration option that marks files as checked out to one user so others cannot overwrite them while editing.

Cloaking

A site setting that excludes specified folders or file types from Get, Put, and synchronization operations without deleting them.

Site-root-relative link

A link path beginning with a forward slash that resolves from the web server's root directory rather than from the current document's location.

Testing server role

A server definition used to process dynamic pages such as PHP so previews render server-side output; not needed for static HTML.

HTML document skeleton

The required structure of a page: doctype declaration, html root, head for metadata and linked resources, and body for visible content.

Doctype declaration

The first line of an HTML file; <!DOCTYPE html> selects modern standards mode, while its absence can trigger quirks rendering.

Block versus inline elements

Block elements such as div and p start on a new line and fill available width; inline elements such as span and a flow within text.

Semantic page regions

Elements like header, nav, main, article, section, aside, and footer that describe content roles and improve accessibility and structure.

Image alt attribute

The required text alternative on an img element that describes the image for screen readers and when the image fails to load.

Meta viewport tag

A head element setting width=device-width and initial-scale=1 so mobile browsers scale the layout to the device width.

Description list markup

A dl element containing dt term elements and dd description elements, used for name-value or glossary-style content pairs.

CSS specificity order

Ranking of selector weight: inline styles highest, then IDs, then classes/attributes/pseudo-classes, then elements/pseudo-elements.

Cascade resolution

When declarations conflict, the browser applies origin and importance, then specificity, then source order to choose the winning value.

CSS box model

The layered structure of every element: content, padding, border, and margin, which together determine occupied space.

box-sizing: border-box

A CSS setting that makes an element's declared width and height include its padding and border rather than content alone.

Class versus ID selector

A class selector begins with a period and may repeat on many elements; an ID selector begins with a hash and must be unique per page.

External stylesheet link

A link element in the head with rel="stylesheet" and an href pointing to a .css file that styles the page.

CSS Designer panel

The Dreamweaver panel for creating selectors, editing properties, attaching stylesheets, and defining media queries visually.

Media query breakpoint

An @media rule with a condition such as min-width: 768px that applies its declarations only when the viewport matches.

Mobile-first CSS

A strategy where base styles target small screens and min-width media queries progressively add layout rules for larger viewports.

Flexbox main and cross axes

In display:flex, justify-content aligns items along the main axis and align-items aligns them along the perpendicular cross axis.

CSS Grid layout

A two-dimensional layout system using display:grid with grid-template-columns and rows to place items into explicit tracks.

Absolute positioning context

An element with position:absolute is placed relative to its nearest ancestor that has a position other than static.

z-index stacking

A property that orders overlapping positioned elements along the stacking axis; it is ignored on elements with position: static.

Fluid responsive image

An image styled with max-width:100% and height:auto scales down within its container while preserving aspect ratio.

Assets panel scope

A Dreamweaver panel listing images, colors, URLs, and library items discovered inside the defined local site folder.

Library item

A reusable .lbi snippet of markup stored in the site; editing the source and saving updates every page that inserts it.

Dreamweaver template

A .dwt file with locked and editable regions from which pages are created and later updated when the template changes.

Link Checker

A sitewide command reporting broken internal links, external links, and orphaned files so they can be fixed before publishing.